Tiny Trinidad might be California’s most perfectly situated fishing village. Perched on a bluff overlooking a perfect natural harbor, this town of fewer than 400 people packs in the charm. Trinidad ...

These trout flies are the ones we all love to hate, but we can't quite break up with. That means the problem is you.

That’s McCloud for you – a tiny alpine hamlet nestled at the base of majestic Mount Shasta that somehow escaped the clutches of time, chain stores, and the general chaos of modern life.

That puts an onus on us as guardians of such a rare landscape to both maintain its qualities and share its lessons. This series of stories wrestles with how we define the word “wild,” in a place ...